Of course it calls brugs datura, but oh well.... LOL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/16/HOGVE98N831.DTL
My local newspaper has an article on brugs!
How cool!!!!
Nice article, but too bad she didn't do enough research to find out the proper name for her tree... You ought to send her an e-mail with a link to the brug forum, Kell :)
Poor brugs, they are like Golden Retrievers, often called Golden Labadors...of course there is no such animal as a Golden Lab, Yellow Lab, but nada Golden...
That it really cool Kell. Just imagine how much she would have to write if she could see all your babies! LOL And how much she could learn also!
She did state that it was from the genus brugmansia. My only problem with the article would be that people reading it and wanting one, is that they will not be looking for the correct name. Email her Kell and give her a quick lesson. And if she loves that plant like she says, then she will be most happy to learn.
Oh wonderful Kell even if they gave it a wrong name. I read Marys Article in La. Gardener that Kay gave me the other day. Maybe we should send that one to them lol. My Wildlife Habatat is going to be featured in next Sundays paper thanks to my friend and birding mentor & author Judy Toups . I am actually getting paid for s few pics too lol. I allowed them to use more pics for free so they would make it very nice lol. Hope they did.
The article speaks of drying the blossoms and having them still retain a faint fragance! Anyone tried it???
Edited to say...this was the quote in the article...
"Dried, they even retain a sweet smell. Last year I bundled groups of dried peach datura flowers and hung them for decoration. Several of my fellow flower-junkie friends were thrilled to receive the dried bouquets. To flower people, an unusual flower, fresh or dried, is a treasure."
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Donna -- that's terrific! Please post a link to it when its published!!!
Margie -- I can't imagine how you would even begin to dry them, they're so fragile and there's nothing to support them... I'd like to see a dried one!
christmascactus
Oct 17, 2004
Donna,do you have a link to Mary's article in the La. Gardener?
Would love to read it-sounds great.
Phil told me that he dried some just hanging straight down and that they dried very well and retained their color. Wish I had some to try it with.
I'm going to have to try that the next time I have some blooms. Thanks, Shirley :)
I did email her! I sent her ABADS link and a few of my pics. I also told her about your double pink Brugie!!!
You should have sent her a picture of them and Monika's name.
Speaking of articles, my pal, who is writing a paper on Plants & Herbs, sent me the attached, which he found on google. I suppose all of you already knew this, and I know some of it is completely incorrect, but what about the rest of it:
>>>>Brugmansia suaveolens - Angels' Trumpets A beautiful plant that demands respect, brugmansia is a perennial tropical bush or tree ruled by the dark side of Venus. The wonderful scent of its large, sensuous flowers can cause nightmares for those who sleep nearby. Brugmansias do not grow by graveyards and are not pollinated by bats, as some internet sources claim. The huge flowers give off their literally intoxicating scent at night, when they are pollinated by big, fuzzy bugs called sphinx moths. They can be grown in pots. This particular shrub or small tree grows 6-15 feet outside, smaller in pots. While other brugmansias can have toothed leaves, the edges of suaveolens' leaves are smooth. Flowers are 8-12 inches long and are usually white but can be colored.>>>>>
I think if he liked what he saw when he looked at Suaveolens, he would go nuts if he saw other kinds! LOL
Brugie, I told her the1st double pink was grown in Iowa and was named Monika!